window-dress

Definition of Window-dress in English :

1. dress up, window-dress

make something appear superficially attractive

Example Sentences:
'The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data'
'Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Window-dress

noun

1.

the ornamentation of shop windows, designed to attract customers

2.

the pleasant, showy, or false aspect of an idea, policy, etc, which is stressed to conceal the real or unpleasant nature; façade

1.

the arrangement or display of goods and trimmings in a store window to attract customers

2.

statements, actions, or display designed to make something seem better than it really is